$19 million question will be on April ballot By Vanessa Lenz SLN Staff The East Troy Community School District Board will ask voters for a second time to approve funding to update school buildings throughout the district. The board agreed last Thursday to place a $19 million referendum question before […]
Sports & Other News
Judge issues arrest warrant for Geneva Hospitality defendant
Geneva Hospitality is the former management company of the Cove By Bob Peryea CORRESPONDENT Late Friday, Judge John Race issued a warrant for the arrest of Chandra Webster, one of the principals of Geneva Hospitality, the former management company for the Cove, 111 Center St. As of press time, Webster […]
Badgers split double-header with Union Grove
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The Lake Geneva Badger basketball teams split a double header with Union Grove last Friday night. The Badger girls hosted Union Grove in Game One winning 50-41. The boys lost a nail biter 56-54 in the nightcap. The girls maintained their lock on second […]
Pesche’s loses perennial greenhouse in early morning fire
The store will be closed indefinitely until further notice By Alexandrea Dahlstrom SLN STAFF The owners of Pesche’s Greenhouse, W4080 Highway 50 W, Lake Geneva, lost their main greenhouse in a fire early Sunday morning. Lake Geneva Fire Chief Brent Connelly said the department received the call at 2:35 a.m. […]
Lake Geneva’s 18th annual Winterfest returns
Lake Geneva will host more than 60,000 attendees Jan. 30 through Feb. 3 at the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition during the city’s Winterfest. As the only nationally sanctioned snow sculpting event, guests will witness the lakefront be transformed into a walk-through gallery of 9-plus-foot-tall sculptures made of snow, water […]
Girls beat Kenosha Bradford, Big Foot
By Jennifer Cesarz CORRESPONDENT The Delavan-Darien High School girls’ basketball team picked up its first win of the season last week with a last-second 49-46 win over Kenosha Bradford. Continuing their streak, the Comets made it 2-0 for the week with a lopsided 59-39 win over Big Foot on Saturday. […]
Delavan Rescue Squad to close at end of March
City to consider options for replacing service By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The Delavan Rescue Squad, which has served the City of Delavan and Town of Richmond since the early 1950s, will close March 31. Mayor Mel Nieuwenhuis read a statement from the Rescue Squad at the Jan. 14 Common […]
Sewer rate increase not related to city expenses
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT An auditor has determined an increase in sewer rates to city residents is not because of higher city costs but additional costs to the city from the Walworth County Metropolitan Sewerage District. WalCoMet officials say the higher cost is because of an increase in the […]
A special kind of thrift
Animal shelter’s resale shop goes to an all-volunteer staff “These are people (boutique volunteers) that get what we are trying to do in this community. They understand that we are trying to save as many homeless animals as possible in our community and that we are doing whatever we can […]
Delavan-Darien proposing adjustments to 4K Program
The Delavan-Darien School District, a partnership of students, families, staff, and community, is looking at making adjustments to its 4-year-old kindergarten program to better meet the needs of district families. Parents of current or incoming 4-year-old kindergarten students (age birth to 3) are invited to attend a listening session at […]
